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Article: Manchester United on an American mission
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- July 26, 2003
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SOCCER:
Famed English soccer team hopes tour will increase its U.S. fan
base.
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
They play in a stadium known as the "Theatre Of Dreams," a moniker
that would seem to befit the home of ancient, gallant warriors, not a
group of men kicking around an inflated ball, a mere soccer team.
But in the eyes of millions of supporters worldwide, there are no
more noble warriors than the ones who wear the red and yellow of
Manchester United, the wealthiest and most recognized professional
sports franchise in the world.
No team, in any sport, in any country, can match the combined
mystique, star power, fan support and success of the "Red Devils,"
who are adored by their fans and ...